AI generated content, including art, is causing massive debates. Many of the concerns are valid, like deception, but I think we will work our way through these issues, at least I hope we will.
@gtg had a post several weeks back about AI generated content, https://ecency.com/hive-160391/@gtg/a-witness-update-sort-of-reflections-on-curation-in-the-ai-era#@rt395/re-livinguktaiwan-20221222t72633309z
I commented that in regards to art, I see AI as a tool in the tool box, kind of like a computer or Photoshop or GIMP. Those tools allow you to do things you wouldn't normally be able to do when editing photos by hand. I know it's not exactly the same, but I view it along those lines.
A possible solution to the controversy may be that If enough people demand that AI generated content, in this case art, be clearly marked then that will be an acceptable solution. Anyone not doing so could be shunned and have their content or careers damaged. I pledge that If I ever use AI generated art I will always label it so.
Having prefaced this post with all that, here are some AI images that I generated using DALL-E 2. For my first batch the parameters were "A cyberpunk scene in Shibuya, Tokyo" Here are the 4 images it spat out.
At first glance they looked cool and many people probably wouldn't be able to tell that they are not real. Once you start looking though it's very easy to tell they are not real and in fact alien.
Next I tried to be a bit more specific and things turned for the worse. I entered "A cyberpunk scene at Shibuya crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo". Here is what it spat out this time.
While interesting, it missed the mark for me as these images are a bit too abstract. If I wanted something abstract these might have been ok.
I tried again with the input "A blade runner in cyberpunk Tokyo" and these are what it came up with.
These four were ok, but not as good as the first four I generated. It seems the more generic you are in your request the better the images are. To prove this point I tried one more time with the parameters " An AKB 48 member as a monster hunter in cyberpunk Tokyo".
"Whoa!" I thought, then I opened up the full size images.
Except for the last one, yikes! Looks more like monsters who are hunters!
Now, here is a photo I took in Shibuya, threw into GIMP and cyberpunked it.
While I like some of the art & worlds AI creates, there's nothing like the real thing. Tokyo is fucking amazing. The city, the people and some filters are all I need. Eat your heart out DALL-E 2.
Thanks for reading!
